Hey guys,I am working on an adaption of the well known board game Monopoly since I haven't found a good one.In the current state you can only play with 2-6 human players at the same computer but I am working on the AI and an online mode will probably be available, too.Here is the game how it looks like at the moment:

Edit:Removed the download link as I am not shure about the patent rights.

Rules of a game are not subject to copyright protection in American copyright law. However, the various names and layout of the board are trademarked. Change the names and Hasbro is not likely to care.

Rules of a game are not subject to copyright protection in American copyright law. However, the various names and layout of the board are trademarked. Change the names and Hasbro is not likely to care.

Rules of a game are not subject to copyright protection in American copyright law. However, the various names and layout of the board are trademarked. Change the names and Hasbro is not likely to care.

Either way they're more than likely to not care, at all.

I am pretty sure they would only care if you sold the game and made some money. Then they would only care because they would want their share of the money.

Looks like you can't use the name 'monopoly' as it remains a trademark, nor can you use any of the board and card specific designs as they are copyright. It looks like you can use the same rules, but not by copying the boxed game's rules, as those are also protected by copyright.(It this point I'll point out that I'm not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice).

The thing in Ghettopoly is that he made money off of it. I highly doubt Hasbro would sue someone making a clone of their game for fun, if anything it's free marketing. Wouldn't they just tell you to remove the download link before suing anyway?

The thing in Ghettopoly is that he made money off of it. I highly doubt Hasbro would sue someone making a clone of their game for fun, if anything it's free marketing. Wouldn't they just tell you to remove the download link before suing anyway?

I think they probably would do that first. But I once had a very bad experience with all this law stuff. So I am very careful now. I think I will collect some more information and change the game as far as needed to be safe.

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